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Old 09-07-2009, 05:40 PM
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Australia's Messier

James Dunlop is Australia's Messier.

He catalogued 85 open clusters, 34 globular clusters, 4 nebulae, 4 planetary nebulae and 56 galaxies from his Parramatta backyard in 1826 using a homemade 9 foot long 9 inch aperture speculum reflector.

He also catalogued 132 objects in the Large and 28 objects in the Small Magellanic Cloud, and he was the first to do so.

Here are 104 images of Dunlop objects with his original descriptions.
http://picasaweb.google.com.au/dunlop1826/Dunlop28#
http://picasaweb.google.com.au/dunlo...28411722310978

The images are from www.wikisky.org and most fields are 28' by 28' with north at the top.
Images of Dunlop open clusters and objects in the Magellanic Clouds are not included.

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